Thanks to a report from Alice Deutsch this morning, I saw the American Woodcock in Union Square this afternoon.
The woodcock rested in some ivy for about 90 minutes before being harassed by a Brown Rat. Eventually, it needed to fly from a fairly protected area to a fenced off plaza. Luckily, it was dark enough that the local Cooper’s Hawk didn’t see it.
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